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C. H. HAMMANN.

PHOTOGRAPHALBUM.

N0. 396,929. Patented Jan. 29, 188

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EARL HEINRICH I-IAMMANN, OF OFFENBAGII-ON-TIIE-MAIN, (ArERhIANY.

PHOTOGRAPH-ALBUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 396,929, dated January 29, 1889.

Application filed January 11, 1888. $e1'ial No. 260,427. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

lle it known that I, (/ARL HEINRICH HAM- MANN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident at Offenbaeh-on-the-Main, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Photograph-Albums, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to albums and stands for photographs, an d the improvement h crein presented enables each leaf to be connected or disconnected at will from the other leaves.

My invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of my album with the cover turned down and the leaves in position. Fig. 2 is a front view of one of the leaves detached from the stand. Fig. 3 is an inside, and Fig. 4 is an outside, view of the slotted bracket in which the leaves are journaled. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 00 50, Fig. 3. Figs. (5 and 7 are top views of Fig. 3, showing the slide in its two positions. Fig. 8 is a side view of the opposite bracket. Figs. 9 and 10 are top views of another form of my invention. Fig. 12 is a longitudinal section of part of the same. Figs. 11, 13, and 14: are details of parts shown in preceding views.

The leaf B is provided at one end with a wire which projects 011 both sides and forms journals z 2.

I11 constructing a stand in which the leaves are arranged the footA and the back D are rigidly connected with each other, the position of the back D being so'inewhat inclined so that the several leaves B, with the inserted photographs, find a convenient abutment against the same. The cover 0 is hinged to the foot, so that it can either be turned down or it can be folded over the leaves or photographs, so that the latter, being covered by it, are between the same and the back. By triangular parts or brackets F, made of thin sheet n1etal,a rigid connection between the back D and the foot A is established. The left-hand triangular part F (see Fig. 8) is provided at its inner side with holes, 0 0, arranged at regular distances apart, while the right-hand triangular part F has slits s s, which correspond with the said holes, and are also arranged at the same regular distances apart. I (See Figs. 3 and 6.) Upon the said triangular right-hand part, F, and connected therewith by means of pins and slots a a, is placed a slide, H, which is provided with slits Z) Z), corresponding with those in the said righthand part F. (See Figs. 4 and 7.) By reason of its connection by slots and pins Ct at the slide II can be caused to move to and fro upon the right-hand part F, the slits b ands of the two parts being directly one above the other at one time, forming, as it were, a single slit, while at another time the slits s s in the said righthaud part F are covered by the flaps ll of the slide II and closed by them above. If now the slide II is placed in the position in which the slits s s of the right-hand part F are free, one journal .2 of the photographleaf can be passed through the corresponding slit 1) of the slide I-I into the slit 8 of the righthand part F, that is below, by first inserting the other journal z of the photograph-leaf into the respective hole 0 of the left-hand part. If then the slide H is moved, whereby the slits s are covered by the flaps Z of the slide, the journal .2 of the photograph-leaf cannot be removed from the slits. Therefore the leaf itself is now supported between the right and left hand parts F, so that it can be turned upon its journals If, on the other hand, a leaf is to be taken out, the slide H is moved in the opposite direct-ion, whereby the slits s are set free again. As now one side of the leaf with one journal .6 is lifted from the slit 5, it can be drawn with the other journal from the hole 0 of the left-hand part F, so that it is entirely separated from the other leaves of the stand.

In applying my improvements to albums I prefer to employ the construction represented in Figs. 9 to 14. In this construction I firmly secure upon the inner side of the album-backing a wooden slat, j. At the two front ends of the same are fixed disks 7t 7., that are provided with the holes (Z (7, arranged at regular distances apart. The said disks 7c 71'; are covered by other disks, L L, forming a cap and secured upon them by means of screws M, whereby the holes cl (Z in the disks in k are closed sidewise. On one side of the screw M is provided a milled head, forming a thumb nut, so that it can be easily screwed in and out by hand. The album-leaves B rest, with their journals .2 z, in the holes (Z d of the disks 70 75. They can be therefore easily turned over, but not displaced in a lateral direction, as the holes (Z d of the disks 70 7c are closed to the outside by the cap L L. If now one or more leaves B are to be taken from the album, the screw M and the cap L on one side of the slat j are removed, and now the journal :4 of the respective leaf can be passed through the hole of the disk, whereby the journal 2 011 the opposite side completely passes from its bearing. If the leaf is now raised a little on this side, the other journal can also be removed from its bearings, so that the said leaf can be com pletely removed from the album. hen in serting a leaf in the album, the same operation is repeated in the reverse order.

A special advantage of this improvement is the great durability obtained by the insertion of the metallic rods, and also the easy and convenient means of changing the several leaves.

I am aware that leaves provided with journals have been mounted in bearings, so as to be readily and individually removed therefrom, and that in some instances locking devices have been used for holding the leaves in place prior to my invention; but these differ from my invention in that they employ a separate lock for each leaf, while my slide locks all simultaneously, and, again, none of these prior devices contain the slotted journals and the locking-slide herein presented.

Having thus described my invention and the manner of employing the same, what I claim as my invention, and wish to have secured to me by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In photograph-stands and the like, the combination of theleaves having the projecting journals and the stand therefor having slotted bearings for said journals with a movable locking-piece which covers the slots in the bearings, whereby the leaves maybe readily inserted or removed from the stand and locked in place.

2. In photograph-stands and the like, the combination of the leaves having journals, and the stand therefor having bearings in which said journals may be inserted with a single movable locking-piece engaging with each leaf and preventing its removal from the st-and.

3. In photograph-stands and the like, the combination of the leaves having two projecting journals and the stand having bearings for the same, one set of bearings being slotted, so that the journals may be readily put into place through the slots with a lockingslide similarly slotted and movable over the slotted frame, and thereby opening or closing the journals according to the position of the slide. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL HEINRICH IIAMMANN.

Witnesses:

FRANZ HAssLAoHER, 'FRIEDRIOH QUEHLY. 

